It is impossible to betray another man's child - for whatever reason - without also betraying one's own. To do less than justice to another man's child, no matter who that man is, is to impair by that much the chances one's own children have for a life of meaning and purpose.

Success does not implant bad characteristics in people. It merely steps up the growth rate of the bad characteristics they already had.

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

English life is seventh-eighths below the surface, like an iceberg, and living in England for a year constitutes merely an introduction to an introduction to an introduction to it.

when I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them.

in race relations, the single gesture and the single individual are more often than not doomed to failure. Only the group and the long-term, undeviating policy make much headway. ... if you want to make the world a better place, the first thing you must accept is the fact that you cannot transcend your limitations as an individual.

Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.